The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-04
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Our Harrisburg Letter.
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HARsIsHVRs. April ~. 1ss7
The week has lesu full of life aisd work Al
the state Capitol. All looks nov towards a
speedy adjournment, By the 10Th Of next
month, at least Night sessions were beld
during the week fr the consideration of
Senate bills especially. on Monday evening
special orders were made Of many important
bills, among Others the Anti Discrimination
bill and the Senatorial Apport;onment bill
Both It and the Legislative Apportionmeut
bill pas-ed third reading. This plarsS all
tlie Apisi-; ionutcuf bill> in tie senate, and
/ the House has done iis whoIe duty in that
{ direction. notwithstanding the strong effort
on the part of the Democrats TO prevent it,
This was specially true ON Tuesday when
/ Representative ex->Ieiker Faunce. of Phila
I d.lphia made a strong Constitutional arsu-
4 nisnt against the Legislative aPporiionment
7 claiming that il was contrary 70 the Consti-
fufioii. b--,ans.. the city af Williamsport and
a contiguous township in lycoming county
j. made 10 cumprise a Legislative district. al
though they ,Iid the same thing in Iss8. in
Erie county Bar il make, a very great deal
Of difference who Is in and who Is out when
the question of apportionment l. 70 be con
siderei Mr. Faunce made very able legal
argument and quoted at length from Buck
alew on the Constitution, aud if his party
had not been in the minority, would have
been in the right
The House passed large number Of bills
on third reading ON Tuesday on Thurs
day. Wednesday and Friday bills On second
reading were considered The work excecI-
cd thar Of any other week since the session
began. and shows that the House can work
ifit has a mind to. There was nothing very
special of interest in the work done. bat
much Of it wa, good legislation.
This was week ofinterest in the senate
decidedly the most 80 since the session be-
gan ON Wednesday whaI Is known a. the
South Penn bill was up on reconsideration
aud il was al one time thought it would pas.
but when the western stockholders learned
what little hope there was Of ever getting
any of the money invested back should the
bill become a law. and that it was wholly in
the interest Of the Vanderbilts, the tide turn
ed. Senator Alexander explained thai he
had been misieo by certain Iarties, and vo-
ted against the bill The defeat was greater
than before and this ends it for this session
II will need 10 be watched, however. a. it l. /
very important for those interested in the sale
of the road that this bill should become "a
law Ii. * the western stockholders assert.
they can furnish the money. the road may
De- now built in a reasonable period of time
It is doubted here whether the road viii ever
be built, and that the stockholders are only
waiting q fair opportunity to unload their
stock. and then all will he at an end and
nothing remain but the deserted route and
it, ruinous effects 70 the farmer, through
whose farms it passes, A. q monument 20 the
corporate power and inhuenee in this
state
On Thursday the BHlingsley Pipe Line /
bin was considered for the third time. and .
was one of the most exciting times the sen F.
ate ever beheld. senator Emery was on his I
mettIe. and as he is the recognized leader in 1
favor OF the bill, he early discovered that the .
bill could not pass He tried hard 70 get the /
bill postponed. inasmuch a. there was some z
Of the friends absent bat the Senate re
fused. There was other and important basi- 4
ness awaiting. and now was the time To- con- F.
slider il. The Senator anlse 10 personal ex-
planatiou. and in strong terms denounced .
those papers which had charged him with /
trying 10 sell out 10 the Standard Oil Com {
pany He then made strong argument for .
the bill, Of several hours length but ofno
avail he was loui in his threats thar ifthe 1
senate did uot pass the hill the oil COUNTIES .
would -eoede and defeat the Republican par
" next fall there was not i shallow for the
use Of such eNtFaYagant language
Other senators spoke for and against the .
bill Senator Rutan charged that the oil .
producers were present in the eaIlerie, like a /
mob, urging the passage OF the bill. Senator .
Emery took exception 70 the language when /
the former said he did not say moi. aud if
he did he apologizei for it. Emery demand I
ed that the record be read the reporter said I
he did not nave time. and cuuld not keep
the proceedings az the same time The Pre,-
ident of the Senate said frankly he had no
power to make the reporter read the record.
and handed him over Ia the senator vino .
still demanded the reading of the record.
and while the roll was being called. during
the whole time in a iuud and vOcieTOJs
vocce demanded this same. The excitement
wa, great and at times intense. but the end
was ioneshadowed. and upon the finishing OF
the roll the vote stood-yesls, l. nays. y
senator Alexander voted for the bill There
was much disappointment and dissatisflc-
tiou shown on the part OF the friends OF the
bill. inasmueh a. it had passed the House
with little OF no opposition. They felt pret-
~ couident that it would pas the SENATE
and were much chagrined at the defeat
There is question of the wisdom in the
senate defeating the bill II would have
been better, perhaps, 10 have allowed it "a
become 8 law. although there l. good reason
10 believe thai the good contemplated ny the
bill would never have been reached.
The Senate failed 70 clncur ia the resolu-
tian to investigate eX-Librarian stuck and
the Bank-bill Investigation committee have
not had a meeting for some time. on account
of the sickness of Representative shaw. Of
Blair who j. chairman